Schoolteacher Ian Holding from Zimbabwe was chosen for his first novel, Unfeeling.

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Rachel Trezise, from Rhondda, wins through for her collection of short stories, Fresh Apples, while Zimbabwean-based schoolteacher Ian Holding is shortlisted for his first novel, Unfeeling.

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But, from gangling youth to gangling adult, he had often played fourth fiddle to the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Ian Bishop, Patrick Patterson and Curtly Ambrose.

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